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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Austen Kolar Scudder, Verona, WI (US);
Alex Scott Walters, Butler, WI (US);
Ulrike Fichert, Wuppertal, DE;
Shannon Christian Bartlett, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Richard Heinz Jungmann, Richfield, WI (US);
Austen Kolar Scudder, Verona, WI (US);
Alex Scott Walters, Butler, WI (US);
Ulrike Fichert, Wuppertal, DE;
Shannon Christian Bartlett, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Richard Heinz Jungmann, Richfield, WI (US);
HUF HULSBECK & FURST GMBH & CO. KG, Velbert, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device, comprising a camera unit, which is used to record images of the exterior area of a motor vehicle, and a cover element, which can be moved from a closed position to an open position by means of a drive, wherein the camera unit is behind the cover element and inaccessible from outside in the closed position of the cover element and images can be recorded in the open position of the cover element. For this purpose, the cover element has an outer surface facing away from the camera unit, and the drive interacts with a mechanism in such a way that the outer surface is always in the exterior area of the motor vehicle in each position of the cover element during the movement of the cover element between the closed position and the open position.